| Show THE UTAH LIGHT AND AD RAILWAY COMPANY COMPA Gives Gives Salt Lake City an Electric Light and Street Car Service Serce Unexcelled Anywhere One of ot the best beet surest means mean of oC promoting use the tle growth or the tIre elt city is to o ho nave well vell wel managed public utility corporations The Utah L Light ht and Railway Rail Rall- way war company Is s an 0 of or such uch corporation and UH its i record ot of tho tiro past ast to few 0 y years ars Ila miami nas ono one v of continuous progress cs In all al branches of ot Its Us business business' bust busi ness ness' It has looked Into the future and provided equipment mado mad additions and Improvements all al looking toward a bIgger and better beter Salt Lake Je It I la is a matter of or common cormon knowledge o that that tho the light arid and ant Street car service in this city Is e excelled b by no other otner community or ot Its size in the count coun coun- t try n Tho The main maln offices of or this company I. I are located In a modern three story building on South West Vest Temple street Beet b v vH H imst md Second South streets The Tire officers officers alt al all of whom are local men men Interested Interested in the welfare of ot the tho ho city are as as as' follows President AV V V. V H. H Bancroft vice pres i- i Ident P. P L L. L Williams second vice Ice pren- pren ident W W. S. S McCornick treasurer Georgo S. S Gannett secretary F. F H. H Knickerbocker general manager Joseph Jo- Jo Jo Joseph seph S. S Wells assistant general manager manager man man- ager nger R B R E. E Hunt auditor Will Wil Browne commercial agent li n. W. W Mendenhall Ever cr since the Ire control o 0 of the com corn company pany was taken talen over b by the E. E II I liar Har- interests Interest five lve years cars ago alo It has ha been tho tim constant aim of or the company compan to provide the best besl service possible ble The rhe sources of ot power at that line limo were two hydro electric plants in Big Bi Cottonwood Cot- Cot Cottonwood Cottonwood canyon one at tire the mouth of ot Ogden canyon the thi leased plant of th the Utah-Idaho Utah Sugar SUGar company compan at Bear river a steam plant on Jordan In lii Salt SaltI I Lake latzo a o City City- Power was vas also purchased from rom tho the Telluride Power company With plants at various places In Utah and Idaho Since that time tIre the growth of ot the tho I city has made man many feces feces- tr A 5 modern ii- ii ur steam etin i tin turbine ll bine plant has sh been cn il b built i near the site sie of ot the tire Jordan station which Is one of 0 the most up-to-date up plants In the west It I consists of a er Cr Parsons turbine dl- dl thre alter altor- d to a three phase nater with wih the tire most roost date up-to-date switching switch switch- swich- swich ing and control app apparatus A low 10 pressure pros pres pres-I pres sure turbine unit han haD also been ad added ed edIn In the old Jordan station staton and In connection con con- with wih the reciprocating engine already necton there It I practically doubles the output A new h electric ro pla plant t thas has been built buit at Devils Devil's Gate on the Weber river with wih a capacity of Qt f horsepower Besl Besides es these there have hase hn c b been en Improvements made in all the other stations tending to tomake tomake make malio al the supply of oC electricity free tree from Crom interruptions Interruption The street railway system has been practically bull re-bull re built putting In heavier rails extending the time service and the theold theold theold rais old rolling stock has been practically all al replaced by new comfortable up- up to-date to cars cars The car line lne has been extended to Sandy and nd Midvale thus bringing these towns closer to the theSal Salt Lake market and resulting advantageously advantageously ad ad- Sal to all al A sub station sub sub-staton has Ia's been ben built buit at Murray turra to take caIro care cle of oC the extra 10 load due to the extension of or the car line lne and arid to maintain the tIre voltage at pressure The Tire establishing of ot a a depot loop line Une lineon lineon service on which h there is minute five has lias ha resulted In greater reater comfort and convenience con for Cor the tourists and com corn mute rs Another extension of ot the street railway railway raly rail rail- ral- ral way y service which winch has meant meant a groat deal to patrons In the tile southern Bouthern part of ot the city has been the extension of ot the West Temple street car line lne down downto to Twelfth South street Such work as this done dons by the company compAn com corn pany tends to build up the ct city in all an pAn directions and makes It tt possible for tor people who I live In the outlying districts districts dis dis- to get to and from work quickly quick quick- quickly ly without gt having to be crowded Into the central part of ot town l The company's car barns barns at Sixth East Eat and Fifth South occupy about ten acres of ground and are aro modern In every respect The machine shop I. I la is one of the best bet equipped in the west and antI Is a splendid example of oC electric drive 1 Individual ual motors being used di for fol or Practically every eory machine Ith WIh over o er 10 miles mies of oC track and good schedules the street railway system lYS- lYS tern tem Is an object of or worth worthy prick One of or the great sores eye In the tire business district used to b be the tho great reat number of or poles in tho the streets obstructing traffic Tire The poles have hae now been practically all al removed from the tho business a district and the tIre wires put underground As paving in the residence district Is Is' J extending the underground system is replacing the tIre overhead wires wherever possible Tho The street lighting system was waR entirely remo remodeled in 1908 when the old stylo style a. a cr c c series arc lights were replaced by the tho modern d. d c c. c luminous arcs arc at ata ata acost a a cost of or over There here are arc ore now 90 street arc lights ts in Salt Sai Lake Cl City and ana before the tho year car is over there will bo be over lOOff 1001 wil The value alue of or electric service is di directly dl- dl proportional to its It reliability and nd It ll was was wa to increase crease the reliability that the horsepower steam turbine plant was as Installed This plant IH is If kept In reserve and Is only necessary necessary sar sary in case one of or the other plants plant should be shut Rhut down for tor Bomo somo reason Tho The company's policy Is to give KO the vcr very best service possible to for the tire mone money and for tor this reason the they pushed the sale eole 9 of tungsten lamps from tho the beginning since these theRe lamps give the customer three throe times the tire light l hl of or the theold theold theold old carbon lamps o of the tire same current consumption at no greater cost DurIng Dur Dun ing lag the past Post year It pUt p Into effect a anew anew 8 new rate rate on lighting called caled tho the optional op tonal load factor lighting rate which reduces the tho cost on lighting In certain classes of ot business whore here long long burnIng burn- burn In Ing hours are required In some Bore cases this tins reduced tho the bill hi more than 30 per perce ce cc cent n at t. t A similar rate Tto o was f In UA H t. power customers wire who are r I long ng h hour r users thereby reducing the tho cost of ot power to them Both of the above ra rates tea which h result cul t in reduction of or tho ho cost of ot power to many customers were ere i put forth voluntarily by the company Owing to the rapid growth of the tho city In tIre the southeast It has become necessary to erect a sub station in that vicinity near Highland Park This sub station has a 1000 k w. w motor motor- generator set to take care of the tho street railway load and transformers anti and regulators for tire tho lighting loads south of Ninth South Including the street lighting With this equipment the company will be able to furnish just justas as good service in the outlying districts dis In that vicinity as closer In the tho city One of the tho things that will make for better service in both Salt Lake and Ogden is the new steel tower line lino which has been erected this year This line parallels the old wooden pole line but being of the modern steel tower construction it is not liable to be blown down by heavy winds or burned by rush fires which occur frequently or fires started by lightning flashes things which In the past have caused a good portion of tire the Interruptions on the power circuits of the company There are two separate circuits circuit so that should one be disabled there would still be tire the other circuit left and each one Is protected from lightning by a grounded wire at the top of the tho tower It IB is probable that the present wood pole line will be used for distributing the current at a a. lower voltage at different dif dif- ferent points along the Un line s. s During the recent electric show the upper portion of one of these steel towers was erected on the treat street in front of the building This was exhibited ex cx- for two purposes on ons to show the tho heavy construction in tho tower and also to instruct the public in the fact that while it la is not dangerous dangerous dan dan- to touch the tower Itself it itis itis is extremely dangerous in fact fatal to touch the wires suspended from the Insulators which are charged with electrical energy at a pressure of volts |
